still struggling with DHCP..please help

My SBS2000 is no longer providing IP addresses to desktops after they have
been powered down.

SBS2000
fully patched
Symantec Corp Ed
50+ desktops

well while I was away on vacation(naturally) desktops that were powered off
did receive DHCP IP information when they were restarted.

SBS2000 DHCP services were restarted, system was "cold" booted to no avail.

the "wonk" that was there decided to do a little "work around"

there is a piece of "edge" equipment called INSTAGATE and it has all types
of services INCLUDING DHCP

I had turned OFF INSTAGATE DHCP 2 years ago when the SBS2000 was fully
implemented(including DHCP) with range 192.168.1.101 through 192.168.1.250.

He, turned the INSTAGATE DHCP back on and gave it the same scope at the
SBS2000 but DID NOT TURN OFF SBS2000 DHCP 192.168.1.101-192.168.1.250

Everything "seemed" OK but upon my return I was experiencing crazy network
issues which I attributed to (2) DHCP servers on the same network segment.

Well I turned OFF the INSTAGATE an rebooted it.
"cold" booted the SBS2000

and still no DHCP IP addresses being issued to desktops....anything that
already had a lease continued to function AND even when the lease expired,
it waas renewed automatically.

So I am at a loss as to what to do next.....

TIA for any help.

Help on this is greatly appreciated too!

RickD

have you tried to run the following commands on the worksations?

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

Also there are any errors in Event Viewer on SBS? Is your DHCP scope active?


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"Rick Dilley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> My SBS2000 is no longer providing IP addresses to desktops after they have
> been powered down.
>
> SBS2000
> fully patched
> Symantec Corp Ed
> 50+ desktops
>
> well while I was away on vacation(naturally) desktops that were powered
> off
> did receive DHCP IP information when they were restarted.
>
> SBS2000 DHCP services were restarted, system was "cold" booted to no
> avail.
>
> the "wonk" that was there decided to do a little "work around"
>
> there is a piece of "edge" equipment called INSTAGATE and it has all types
> of services INCLUDING DHCP
>
> I had turned OFF INSTAGATE DHCP 2 years ago when the SBS2000 was fully
> implemented(including DHCP) with range 192.168.1.101 through
> 192.168.1.250.
>
> He, turned the INSTAGATE DHCP back on and gave it the same scope at the
> SBS2000 but DID NOT TURN OFF SBS2000 DHCP 192.168.1.101-192.168.1.250
>
> Everything "seemed" OK but upon my return I was experiencing crazy network
> issues which I attributed to (2) DHCP servers on the same network segment.
>
> Well I turned OFF the INSTAGATE an rebooted it.
> "cold" booted the SBS2000
>
> and still no DHCP IP addresses being issued to desktops....anything that
> already had a lease continued to function AND even when the lease expired,
> it waas renewed automatically.
>
> So I am at a loss as to what to do next.....
>
> TIA for any help.
>
> Help on this is greatly appreciated too!
>
> RickD
>
>
>